Employment & Internship Opportunities
Writing Positions
Do you have an interest in freelancing for The Pitch website or magazine, please send a résumé and three clips to brock @ thepitchkc.com and joe @ thepitchkc.com.
Do you have a letter to the editor, KC Voices story idea, or something you’ve written that you feel strongly about? For consideration, please send a copy to brock @ thepitchkc.com and joe @ thepitchkc.com.
EDITORIAL INTERNSHIP – Fall 2025 Semester – Applications accepted between June 1 – Aug 1, 2025
The Pitch is looking for curious, story-hungry editorial interns for the summer session of 2025.
Read highlights from our recent work here.
Candidates should be college juniors, seniors, or recent graduates looking for experience. We want journalists and writers with unlimited curiosity who want to expand their portfolio into news, arts, dining, and culture coverage.
Responsibilities include:
- Writing digital stories for thepitchkc.com
- Pitching story ideas to Editor-in-Chief of The Pitch for print or online
- Completing one longer feature with research and interviews for consideration for magazine publication
- Interviewing members of the community
- Covering live events
- Working closely with editor to improve writing and expand horizons and portfolio
- Building multimedia stories for online release
- Setting measurable improvement end-goals for internship experience
The internship comes with a stipend and college credit where applicable. Intern should be working in office or online between 15 and 20 hours per week. Kansas City local applicants preferred.
Previous interns have completed the program and used their expanded portfolio to secure full-time work with USA Today, People, Time, NPR, Spin, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Smithsonian Magazine, KCUR, The Star, and even The Pitch. Featured stories from editorial interns include in-depth investigations [KC’s houseless resettlement experimentation], expansive profiles [magazine cover story Left Hooks and Lowriders], important political issues [police training disconnect], and fascinating local curiosities [magazine cover story Pink Street Paranormal].
The internship comes with a paid stipend and college credit where applicable.
Send applications to brock @ thepitchkc.com and joe @ thepitchkc.com. Include a resume, cover letter explaining why you’d like to work with our publication, and up to three clips/links to work.
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